Why Waiting for WordPress Core Updates is Smart Strategy
I had a client call me last night—panicked. They’d just hit “Update” on their production site the second they saw WordPress 6.9 was live. Five…
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WordPress 7.0 Roadmap: What Every Developer Needs to Know
I recently had a client come to me with a massive WooCommerce store—about 50,000 products—complaining that their dashboard felt like it was stuck in 2012….
Why WordPress 6.9 Core Updates Matter for Your Site
I recently worked with a client who runs a pretty intense photography marketplace. He’s the type who likes to live on the edge, so he…
The Hard Lesson of Ignoring WordPress Incident Response Protocols
I once had a client running a massive membership site—thousands of active users, premium tiers, the works. One Tuesday, everything went sideways. A high-profile user…
WordPress Abilities API: The End of Spaghetti Integrations
I remember working on a massive membership site about two years ago. It was one of those projects where the client kept bolting on plugins—WooCommerce…
Why WordPress Testing Should Stay Off Your Live Site
I got a call last week from a client running a high-traffic WooCommerce store—we’re talking 15k SKUs and a very custom block-based checkout. They’d seen…
Why WordPress Importer URL Migration Changes Everything for Developers
I had a client last month—a high-traffic magazine—moving from a development subdomain that used an emoji in the URL. Yeah, don’t ask why. They were…
Why Your WordPress Release Plan Needs a Scripted Timeline
I once had a client—a major e-commerce player—who decided to launch their redesigned checkout flow right in the middle of a live TV segment. No…
Managing Technical Debt and WordPress Repository Maintenance
I had a client a while back who was obsessed with being on the “cutting edge.” They’d seen a specific feature plugin in the official…
How Phased Plugin Releases Stop Update Disasters Before They Start
I got a frantic call last Tuesday from a client running a high-volume WooCommerce store. They’d pushed what seemed like a “tiny” patch to their…